A futuristic transport project that will see passengers propelled at near-supersonic speeds has declared its first successful test. Hyperloop One, the brainchild of Elon Musk, said it made a vehicle ...

China set a new maglev speed record after a 1.1-ton vehicle hit 435 mph in just two seconds on a short test track.

Human passengers have travelled in a hyperloop pod for the first time, eight years after Elon Musk first envisioned the futuristic transport. The maiden voyage took place on a 500 metre section of ...

The year is 2030. You’re in a sleek pod-like capsule that’s levitating inside a low pressure steel tube and accelerating across the country at speeds of more than 600 miles per hour. This is Hyperloop ...

The company behind the Hyperloop, the transport system dreamed up by Elon Musk, has revealed it is closing its doors and laying off its workers this week. Hyperloop One's aim was to commercialise an ...

The company behind Volvo has inked a deal with China's state-owned high-tech firm to develop 'supersonic trains.' Geely and China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp. (CASIC) will work together to ...

Hyperloop could start to form an interconnected mesh of electric cars and flying machines in just five years’ time, with the famously difficult-to-achieve vacuum-sealed tube whizzing pods across flat ...

Virgin Hyperloop has trialled its first ever journey with passengers, in the desert of Nevada. The futuristic transport concept involves pods inside vacuum tubes carrying passengers at high speeds. In ...

All around the world, governments and innovators are going crazy for a new and game-changing technology: a magnetically levitated transportation system called hyperloop. The proponents of this ...

Hyperloops burst onto the scene in 2013. Elon Musk detailed a new type of train service in a low-pressure tube that would reach speeds up to 760 mph. The train would float on a cushion of air and be ...

Virgin Hyperloop, a futuristic train service that promised a new era of travel for passengers, will be focusing on cargo instead, it has revealed. The company told BBC News the change in direction was ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Climate change, renewables and systems research. Virgin Hyperloop CTO Josh Giegel (left) and director of passenger experience Sara ...